Morning journal and courier., 1887-05-24
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. 0'BRIEN FIRED UPON. A Bold Attempt To Murder
 Him. 4es CLOTURE AT EVERY POINT To Put Through The Grimes
 Bill.
 YELLOW FEVER AL KEY WEST. Nelson Wins The Great
 Bicycle Race.
YELLOW FEVER AL KEY WEST.
O,BRIKN IN GREAT PAIN.

But He Addresses a Large Meeting at Which Several Orangemen Sit on the PlatfOrm-A Desperate Attempt to Ass sassinaIe The Brave Irtshman.
 HAMILTON, Ont, May 23.-The most en- thusiastic reception Mir. O'Brien has received
 in Canada was given him to-day. When his
 train arrived large number of men and
 women were awaiting him. He was received
 with loud cheers and then a rush was made
 to shake hands with him. Finally Mir.
 OBrien reached his carriage and the proces-
 sion to the hotel started. There was long
 line of carriages and on both sides of MT.
 O'Briens carriage marched long files of men four deep At the hotel there was another
 storm of cheers, and in reply to repeated calls
 MT. OBrien appeared on the balcony and made a speech. The evening meeting was held in the Palace rink, about half mile from the hotel. Outside the hotel large crowd had gathered, only few of whom were anti Extremists, judging by the scat tered hissing and grooming amid the general outbursts of applause. The rink, which is capable of holding two thousand persons, was full. On the platform were a number of prominent citizens, including some Or angemen and several Knights of Labor. There was also present 8 delegation from T0Tonto, including Mr: Mp, D: P; Ca in the riot, together with many Catholic ciergymen. James O'Brien, presi- dent of the local league, presided. Mir. O'Brien was in much pain and spoke briefly. He said flesh and blood are not proof against the arguments of paving stones and bud geons, ''the only arguments which Lord Lansdowne's admirers have addressed to us" His allusions to Lansdowne and Kingston and Toronto were greeted with groans and hisses After MT. O'Brien sat down the chairman read the following cablegram from London signed by John Mccarthy, T. M. Healey, Thomas Sexton, J. G. Biggar and others:
 "Accept the sympathy of your colleagues. We feel the deepest indignation at the brutal conduct of the mobs at Kingston and Toron- to. We earnestly request that you take rest under the best medical care"
 An attempt was made this evening to as sassinate MT. O'Brien as he left the rink. Ali ter Kilbride had spoken several Englishmen and an Orangeman made addresses. Be- fore the audience was dismissed, and much against MT. O'Brien's will, he and. Kilbride were spirited off the platform and through 8 narrow alley to & carriage in waiting. They were accompanied by Messrs. McMahon and Roche members of the local branch of the Land league, while John Nelson held the reins and J. P. O'Brien sat on the box with him. Hardly had the party entered the carriage when an unfriendly group of men spied them and began hissing and grooming. Just as the carriage whirled around the market building into Market Square eight revolver shots were fired. Nelson was shot in the wrist and one bullet whistled past Editor O'Brien's head and crashed through the carriage win dow. T. P. O'Brien seized the reins and lashed the horses into run. At the hotel there was another hostile crowd who hooted as the party in the car riage tried to open the door, but could not. Mr. McNahon jumped over the door and drawing his revolver held the crowd at bay while Mr. O'Brien and his friends were making their exit from the carriage, also by the same uncomfortably way. As the party stepped into the corridor of the hotel a vollet of rotten eggs was hurled at them, but no one was hurt. Chief of Police was over. Nelson was taken to the City hospital and Dr. James White extracted the bullet He says the wound is dangerous. No arrests were made. Many express the opinion, and the chief of police too, that the men who fired the shots came from Toronto. There is not the slightest evidence offered in proof of this. There are rumors that some Orangemen did reach here this evening from Toronto, which is only forty miles away. Many of opinion, though, that Hamilton will have to shoulder the blame. The men who stood opposite the hotel and pelted rot ten eggs certainly belonged here. As this dispatch is being written there is great deal of excitement. Firecrackers and powder are being exploded in all directions and firearms of the Queens birthday. O'Brien returns to Niagara Falls Tuesday; there he will take a rest and proceed thence to Montreal to attend the open air meeting Thursday.